Weston, P., Hong, R., Kaboré, C., & Kull, C.A. (2015). Farmer-managed natural regeneration enhances rural livelihoods in dryland West Africa. Environmental Management, 55(6), 1402-1417.
The authors reviewed published and unpublished evidence on Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration, in which farmers protect and prune shoots growing from tree stumps already in their fields, and added a case study of a project in Talensi District, Ghana, using social return on investment analysis. Participating households gained income and yields, and the value of new assets, wider use of wild resources, health and psychosocial benefits exceeded those gains over the study period. The wiki cites it as independent evidence that a restoration practice built on what farmers already have can deliver benefits beyond the farm budget, and as an example of valuing non-market outcomes.